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G. MARZIO. FLOATABLE SAFE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, I9I8.

Patented June 17, 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oPPrcn.

GIUSEPPE MARZIO, OF BARI, ITALY.

To all whomt may concern:

VBe it known that I, GIUSEPPE MARzro, a Subject at 89-91 Via Grisanzio, Bari, Italy, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Floatable Safes, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to safes for use on ships and its primary object is to provide a safe of this type which is constructed and arranged so that it may be automatically severed from a sinking ship and float on With this and other objects in view the invention consists substantially in a novel and construction of parts as accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the safe, part of the hull being broken away to show the inside arrangement, and

Fig. 2 is partly an upper plan view and partly a horizontal cross section of the safe.

' Referring to the drawings, the two-part safe comprises an upper member or cover 1 which is provided with hatches 2 and carries by aid of braces 3 a rod 3 which supports a signaling device as hereafter de- 4 is a cap secured to the top part of the cover 1 and arranged to inclose a nut 5kof a screw bolt 5 which projects through Y. the cover and has a sleeve 6 screwed onto it. Braces 7 extend from the sleeve 6 and engage hooks 8 secured to the lower safe member, whereby the two parts are securely held together. Both members have channeled rims so as to obtain a tight t between them, packings 9, 9 being provided within the rim channels. The cover 1 has pivotally mounted on it brackets 10 which may serve as a hold for the shipwrecked per# The signaling device carried by rod 3 comprises a body portion 11 which has substantially a flat spherical shape and contains preferably a source of light to lighten up windows 12 provided in it. 13 are metal or like plates arranged diametrically vwithin the spherical member 11. 14 and 15 are compartments within the cover 1 which might also be used to contain provisions for the shipwrecked persons .if this is desired. 16 are U-shape locking members which engage studs 16X to hold the two safe members together. 17 is a C-shaped annulus which surrounds the upper rim of the lower member and incloses an elastic pad or of the King of Italy, and lresiding FLOATABLE SAFE.

K Patented June-17, 1919.

Application led November 6, 1918,. Serial No. 261,395.

cushion 17 intended to weaken shocks on collisions of the float. 18 is the outer shell of the lower safe member and 19 is an inner shell, the hollow 2O of this double-shelled hull being filled with some light and elastic material adapted to insulate and protect the inside of the lower member. A cage to pension isprovided for the safe so that it' may always be maintained in vertical position. This cardanic suspension comprises two rings 26 and 27 which are interconnected as at 28, and diametrically opposed supports 29 which are pivotally secured to the ship and carry the outer rin 27 and therefore the whole safe through t e upper rim of the cage bearing on the inner ring 2G. A cord 30 is arranged around the safe and secured to the brackets 10 and may also serve as a hold for the shipwrecked persons.

The safe may be constructed of any suitable or preferred material and have any appropriate or desired shape and it will be arl ranged at some convenient point of the ship and be inclosed and supported by the cage formed by the members 21, 22 and 24. As the safe engages the cage only by aid of the brackets 25 it will be evident that it may easily be lifted out of the cage by a hydrostatic pressure acting on it from below, the rollers 23 on the ring 22 being intended to facilitate the upward movement of the safe.

When the ship sinks and the safe becomes surrounded with water, it will be lifted thereby out of the cage and thus be detached from the ship and it will oat on the water where its position will be indicated by the signaling device.

What I claim is:

A floatable safe comprising an outer shell having its lower end closed and its upper end open, an inner shell arranged within the outer shell in spaced concentric relation thereto and providing an annular chamber between the two shells, said inner shell having an upwardly tapering top which diverges upwardly from the outer shell to form a funnel-shaped passage in communication with the annular chamber, a filling of light elastic material within the cured to the interior of the outer shell near its upper, end, a bolt extending throughl a central` opening in the cup shaped cover and rotatable therein and having its inner end screw threaded and its outer end providedl with a head arranged exteriorally of the Copies 01,.' this patent may lpg: obtained for five cents each, by addressing theffornmigsioner of-lqtentg@ end .offthe bolt,4 diagonal links arranged i'within the coverV and having connection with the nut and extendingy downwardly into Athe funnel-shaped passagefor .engage- Illei' W'th the hooks, and a cap surrounding 20,

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testimony, whereof I have SigneifflflyV name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses this secondv day of ,Oef/Ober; 19182.1- GiUsEBrE ,MARZIogf `Witnesses:

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